FR2510534A1 - - Google Patents

Abstract

Distributor of sheet-like elements from a reserve 10 to one 11 of several reception openings 11, 12 accessible to a cashier or to a customer, comprising a transport means 131-134 for conveying the sheets from reserve 10 to a collector 15 and from there to the receiving port 11. The conveyor 131-134 is electronically controlled so as to convey in response to a sheet distribution order, the elements dispensed from the reserve 10 and collected in the collector 15 in the form of a packet, to the receiving port 11 to which the order was given. A transport means comprises a retaining or retaining means 16 for each receiving orifice 11 and which is individually allocated to it, this retaining means being intended to retain the packet of sheets for a period of time determined by the electronic control means. . According to one embodiment, the collecting means 15 is common to all the reception orifices 11, 12 and the retaining means 16 forms a waiting station arranged to receive and retain the packet of sheets aligned from the collecting means 15.

Description

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Cash dispenser.

  The present invention relates to a dispenser of sheets for example banknotes from a reserve to one of the accessible receiving openings

  including a cashier or a customer.

  An apparatus of this type is known from Swedish Patent No. 77,114,122, which discloses an apparatus comprising conveying means for conveying sheets from the stockpile to a collector and from there to receiving orifice, these means of transport being controlled

  electronically to convey the distribution leaves

  fired from the stockpile and collected in the collector in response to an order made by the cashier or customer at the receiving port to which the sheets were sent in response to orders given by the cashier or the customer is required of any device

  of this type, which must also provide security.

  two or four separate mechanical receiving ports

  offers the advantage that if, for whatever reason,

  a cashier or a customer does not remove the packet of paper

  sent to the receiving port assigned to this cashier or this particular customer, sheets ordered by a

  other cashier or customer and collected in this way

  reader, may nevertheless be sent to another receiving port, which allows the device to be used by

  other cashiers or other customers.

  It is possible, however, that a situation

  in which a collected packet of sheets remains in the collector means while awaiting an "all order" signal emitted by a computer which controls the apparatus. For example, it may happen that a customer wishes to withdraw a number of bank notes or checks given, a check is then made by the computer so as to prove that the customer has the authorization to make the withdrawal It will be understood that this check may require a relatively long time during which it can not no withdrawals in the remaining receiving ports which corresponds to a limitation of the

possibilities of the known apparatus.

  The object of the present invention is to eliminate the abovementioned limitation or disadvantage of the known apparatus of the type described. In an apparatus according to the invention the means of transport comprises a retaining means for each of the receiving orifices, this retaining means. being assigned to a particular receiving port and being adapted to hold the packet of sheets

  a period of time determined by the electronic control means

  In this way, it is possible to execute a more recent order via a receiving port, before an older order has been executed through another port.

reception.

  The invention is now described in more detail

  With reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 schematically illustrates an apparatus having two receiving orifices, a collecting means and two retaining means; 2 schematically illustrates an apparatus having two receiving orifices and two retaining means which

  simultaneously form collecting means.

  Figures 3 and 4 schematically illustrate a mode of

embodiment of the invention.

  The apparatus shown in Figure 1 includes a

  10 sheets, for example banknotes, and two receiving orifices 11, 12 accessible for example to a cashier or a customer.

  3 l means of transport 131-1341 to convey the leaves to

  pulling the reserve 10 to a collecting means or chamber and from there to a retaining means 16 and to the receiving orifice 11, alternately to a retaining means 17 and to the receiving orifice Thus, in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, the collecting means 15 is common to the two receiving orifices 11 and 12, while the retaining means 16 is assigned individually to the receiving orifice 11 and arranged to function as a waiting station for receiving a packet of sheets distributed from the common collector means and for holding the package for a period of time

  of time determined by the electronic control means.

  The retaining means 17 is individually assigned to the receiving port 12 in a manner similar to that described

  with reference to the retaining means.

  In summary, an apparatus according to Figure 1 for

  bank notes to customers, operates from the

  as follows: the sum or the number of banknotes

  only by a requested customer is written on a keyboard, after which the tickets are distributed, one by one, from the reserve 10 via the means 131 to the collector means 15 o

  they are put together in the form of a package La: Reserve 10 with

  There are several separate reserves arranged to accept bills of different values. When the customer actuates the keypad, it is predetermined that the bundle of sheets will be alternately distributed to the receiving port 11 (and not to the receiving port 12). When a packet containing the correct number of sheets (no duplicate) has been collected in the collector means 15, the packet is sent to the retaining means 16, via the means 132 and 133. The packet of elements is kept in the medium. restraint or restraint

  16 for a period of time determined by the means of communication

  electronic control which controls the various functional stages

  It may be necessary, for example, to hold the package of sheets in the means 16, so that

  control may be exercised in one of the computers

  which device is connected This check will reveal whether or not the customer has sufficient funds to

  withdraw from the device the amount he ordered.

  response resulting from this control is positive, the package

  it follows its path to the receiving port 11, via the means 134 If the result of the check is not positive, the packet of elements is conveyed, in a known manner, to a return station provided inside the apparatus, and a signal is sent to the receiving port 11, causing a message to be sent that the withdrawal can not-

to be done.

  Immediately after the bank notes ordered by the customer are collected in the collector 15 and a signal "in order" has been given to continue the transfer of the notes to the holding or holding means 16, it is

  It is possible to start the distribution of banknotes

  that ordered by another client on another keyboard Thus, it is not necessary that the second client waits until the transaction ordered by the first client is completely accomplished, the order given by the second client can start at same time o the check is done with the first customer and o the bank notes he ordered

  are conveyed in the manner indicated. This means that the appa-

  the same, which is already fast in operation, becomes even faster, which avoids the formation of people's tails at

  various locations of the dispensing apparatus.

  When the bank notes ordered by the second client have finally been collected in the collector 15, they are

  transferred by means 132 and 1331 to the means of re-

  held 17 and from there to the receiving port 12, via the means 134 As will be understood, an order given by a third customer can begin to be executed as soon as the tickets ordered by the second customer begin their move

to the retaining means 17.

  Similar to the apparatus shown in Figure 1, that shown in Figure 2 also includes a reserve

  , two receiving orifices 11, 12 and the means for transmitting

  This means of transport is arranged to convey bank notes, one at a time, from the reserve, via the means 131, 132, 133, and send them to a means.

  keeping or holding 25, where the notes are trans-

  at the receiving port 11 via the means 134, or

  for conveying banknotes, one at a time, to the holding means 251 via the means 131, 132, 1331 and thence to the receiving port 12 via the means 1341.

  in this case, the retaining means 25, 251 also function as

  me a collector and they are, therefore, lightly

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  more complicated than the means 16, 17 mentioned above.

  in the embodiment of Figure 1.

  The apparatus shown in Figure 1 is now described

  in more detail with reference to an embodiment illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.

  store 10, incorporated for example in a dispensing apparatus

  The scorer of banknotes of different value and the type described in US Pat. No. 4,066,253 is illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4 by the banknote pack. These are distributed, one at a time, by a wheel. feeding 31,

  mounted on a shaft 32, which is controlled by a motor 33.

  Each bank note is brought to a conveyor 131 which,

  in the case illustrated, comprises two endless bands cooperating

  mutually 34 and 35 between which the notes are led, one after the other, up to two rollers 14 which are mounted on a common shaft and which help to transfer the notes to the collector means 15 In the mode of illustrated embodiment the collector 15 is provided with a

  rectangular swivel plate 47 which is mounted on an armature

  When the number of tickets provided by the package is given as the plate 47 is held in a substantially horizontal position by means of a spring 49 if for any reason it is taken on the package 10 more than one ticket at the Once, the plate 47 is arranged to be tilted to a vertical position, using an electrical control means 50, after which the notes fall into a rack 19 placed below the

plate 47.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the collector 15

  comprises an endless band 13, which extends on rollers

  44 and 45 having a rotation axis substantially

  The roller 44 is controlled by a reversing motor

  46, to allow to change the direction of rotation of the roll, depending on whether the notes are to be distributed to

  the receiving orifice 11 or the receiving orifice 12.

  Between the collector 15 and the receiving orifice 11

  12, are the means of maintaining or retaining

  16 and 17 Each of these retaining means is in the form of a conveyor comprising two endless belts which cooperate and form respectively the conveyors 134 and 1341 of the embodiment of FIG. 1. Behind the collector, which comprises the endless belt 13 extending on the rollers 44 and 45 and corresponding to the conveyor 132 of Figure 1 are two guide plates 26 which form

  together a channel to guide a package of banknotes

  In the simplest way, FIGS. 3 and 4 show only a guide plate 26 although it is understood that these guide plates are arranged in pairs and that each pair respectively forms the conveyor.

  133 and 1331 shown in Figure 1 The notes are

  traveling from the manifold 15 to the selected holding means 16 or 17 and to a respective receiving port 11, 12 in response to the electrical signals, as will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

Figure 4

  As shown in Figure 4, the feed roller 31 is driven by the motor 33, which is started by a

  signal arriving from a trigger circuit 57 on a line

  The signal from circuit 57 via line 58

  also actuates the control motor 38, and the notes dis-

  tributes from reserve 10 are then conveyed

  up to rollers 14, (Figure 3), which in the mode of

  the illiterate system are supposed to be ordered continuously.

  using an engine not shown.

  On the supply path of the banknotes are detection means 40, which may be in the form of optoelectric sensors for example, arranged to emit a light beam for each ticket passing between the endless bands 34 and 35 and which send a signal. first electrical signal, for example a signal having an amplitude of volts when a single ticket passes between these bands and a second signal having an amplitude, for example 5 volts when two notes glued together pass simultaneously between these bands This second signal forms a error signal and, as described below has the effect that the notes contained in the collector 15 are conveyed in the locker

  19 (Figure 3) The first signal forms a counting signal

  The counter signals are sent to a counter 53.

on line 59.

  As already mentioned, the manifold 15 is equipped with a rectangular plate 47, pivotally mounted on a shaft 48 connected to a motor 50. The receiving orifice 11 cooperates with the keyboard 52, whereas the receiving orifice 12 cooperates with the keyboard 51 Each 51.52 keyboard has buttons or buttons numbered from 1 to 0 with which the desired amount of money and the account number can be entered in the device.

  of the client In the illustrated embodiment each

  The keypads are connected by the lines 63, 64 with a selector 56, to respectively select the right or left receiving orifice, this selector being connected with a counter 53 on a line 62, this counter also forming

  an error function circuit The counter 53 is connected

  with each of the trip circuits 57 on the line 67 and receives counting signals and error signals on the line 59 respectively. Each keyboard 51, 52 has a respective output line 63, 64 for powering the selector 56.

  in potential signals for controlling the drive motor.

  46, so as to transfer the banknotes distributed from the collector 15 to the means of

respective retention 16 or 17.

  A comparison circuit 66 is connected to the keypads 51 and 52 and receives on the lines 67 and 68, respectively, the code read on the customer's card by means of the respective card readers 511 and 521 The customer code entered mannuellemnet on the keyboard

  is also sent to comparator 66 via lines 69 and 70.

  If the code manually entered by the customer, corresponds with the code carried on the bank card, the condition is fulfilled so that the respective retaining means 16 and 17 distribute the tickets ordered to the respective receiving ports, by starting a control motor 44 'cooperating with the retaining means 16, or a motor of

  control 45 'cooperating with the retaining means 17.

  For the sake of simplicity, Figure 4 shows only a part of the retaining means 16, while the means of

  Retention 17 is not at all-shown.

  For the device described the procedure is the following

  When a client wishes to withdraw a

  amount of money by the keyboard 52, he introduces his bank card

  The comparator 66 compares the two codes and, if it finds them to match, sends a signal "all in order" on a line 71. The same signal is sent at the same time, together with the client code, to the client's address in a central computer 72, in which different data concerning the number of the client is sent. account is stored, for example the information that the account is overdrawn, that the account is blocked or that the credit can be granted After doing this check,

  the computer 72, which may be of a conventional type

  conch, sends a signal on a line 53 'to a gate circuit 74 indicating that the payment can be made after which the

  gate circuit 74 is open and sends an acceptance signal.

  on line 76 to selector 56, which in turn

  re 44 'engine by line 78 to distribute the tickets

  bank of the holding means 16, or the motor 45 'for dis-

  allocate the tickets of the retaining means 17, in response to the setting of the selector 56, as described below At the same time that the code is written on the keyboard 52, a signal is sent to the selector 56 on the line 64, this signal being

  characteristic of the keyboard 52 and regulating the circuit of the selec-

  in such a way that when the engine 16 starts, it distributes

  bank notes by means of 16, and

  However, when using the keypad 51, the selector circuit 56 will be set to control the motor 46 in the opposite direction, i.e., the bank notes are dispensed to the retaining means. 17 and that the motor 45 'which cooperates with it is turned on If comparing the two codes, a difference is found between 9 - the code entered manually and the code read on the bank card, the comparator 66 sends a signal of error on the line 75, up to the circuit of the counter 53, to actuate an internally arranged locking means which prevents other operations from taking place. Suitable means are provided for sending back the signal of keyboard error, to phase a lamp or the like which reveals that it has

  been found an error in the code entered.

  Immediately after the code has been manually

  crit, the customer enters on the keyboard 52 the requested sum and a signal corresponding to this sum is sent via a

  line 55, to the counter 53, in which the signal is stored.

  The meter immediately sends a signal to the

  trigger 57, on a line 67 The trip circuit

  57 sends a trigger signal immediately to the

  motor 33 which causes the rotation of the roller 31 and the start

  rage of the motor 38 to find the rollers 36 and 37.

  The presence of a bank note distributed between the bands 34-35 is detected by the detector 40 and a signal is sent on the line 59 to the counter 53 When the counter has counted

  counting down to zero starting from the number that was

  se, a signal is sent from the counter 53 to the trip circuit 57, which stops the motors 38 and 33, which prevents the distribution of other tickets of

  As soon as the counter 53 has counted down

  than zero, which means that the sum ordered is now

  held in the collector means 15, a signal is sent on the line 62, via the circuit of the selector 56 which is set to power bills to the receiving port 11 cooperating with the keyboard 52 and this signal starts the engine 16 in the correct direction of rotation and the banknote pack is conveyed to the retaining means 16 The control motor 44 'of the retaining means 16 obtains at the same time as the motor 46, a short duration trigger signal via a clock circuit which rotates the engine for a period of time sufficient for the banknote packet to be transferred to the retaining means 16, but of insufficient length to allow the banknote pack to be advanced to When the computer 72 has performed all the necessary checks concerning the owner of the account, an activation signal is sent by the computer 72, via a line 76 and on the circuit of the computer. Voter 56, which transmits the signal over a line 78 to the engine 44 '. The banknote pack in the holding means 16 is then fed to the port

  receiving 11 and the transaction is completed.

  If for any reason, it is fed more than one ticket at a time by the roll 31 to the bands 44, 45, the detector 40 will send the error signal mentioned above to the counter circuit 53 which, as indicated, forms also an error circuit The counter circuit 53 then sends

  a signal to the operative means 50, via a line 61, provoking

  the tilting of the plate 47 to a substantial position

  and, although not shown, each retaining or holding means 16, 17 is provided with means for removing the bills. in the case where the computer 72 would send an instruction indicating that no payment should be made and that the notes have already been transferred to the retaining means 16 or 17 Conveniently the respective retaining means are provided with a plate of the same type as the illustrated plate 47 The signal emitted by the computer 72 indicating that no payment must be made is then sent to a means of operation 77 of the same type as the operative means

  causing the downward tilting of the susceptor plate

  mentioned (not shown) respectively in the means of

retained 16 and 17.

  It is evident from the foregoing that the apparatus described is capable of dispensing bank notes to

  from a reserve of these and to immediately transfer

  package of banknotes to a means of restraint, in

  waiting for the result, for example a check on the

  Therefore, when using such a device, which can serve several customers, two in the case described, it is not necessary to wait for the result of these checks before feeding 12 -

  banknotes for a future client.

  It should be noted that the illustrated electrical circuits are only intended to show the function of the apparatus and that a competent technician can make several modifications, in particular by substituting equivalent technical means, without it being necessary for this purpose. of the frame

of the present invention.

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Claims (3)

claims   1 Distributor of elements of the kind leaves from   of a reserve (10), for example banknotes,   only one (for example 11) of several receiving orifices   (11,12) arranged in this apparatus and accessible, for example,   to a cashier or a customer, this apparatus comprising means of transport (131-1341) for conveying sheet-like elements from the stock (10) to a   collector means (15) and from there to a receiving port   (11) said transport means (131-134) being electronically controlled to convey in response to an order given by a cashier or a customer to have sheets   distributed from their reserve (10), the sheets   distributing them from the reserve (10) and gathered in the collector means (15) in the form of a bundle, to the receiving orifice (11) to which the sheets have been ordered by the cashier or by the customer, characterized by the fact that the conveying means comprises for each receiving orifice a retaining or holding means (16, 17) which is assigned individually to these receiving orifices (11, 12) and which is intended to hold the packet of leaves for a period of time determined by the means electronic control.   2 distributor according to claim 1, characterized in that the collector means (15) is common to all the receiving orifices and the retaining means (16) form a waiting station arranged to receive the packet of sheets fed to from the common collecting means (15)   and to maintain this packet during said period of time.   Dispenser according to Claim 1, characterized   in that the holding means (for example 16)   takes said collector means, which thus forms one of several   if collector means, a respective receiving aperture (11-12)   assigned individually to each of them.